Wait, not the handsome cutter you see above, but the entire canvas below by Andrew Wyeth (it was just auctioned at Sotheby’s):
Rum Runner (To the Westward), 25” x 48,” tempera on panel, Andrew Wyeth, executed in 1944 and reworked in 1974
The subject is Walter Anderson, a Maine fisherman. One can’t help but notice that Mr. Anderson, depicted leaning against a dory, appears to be admiring the passing cutter for which the painting is named—a fast, nimble boat used for many things, including (in the past) rum running and (today) taking lucky teens sailing in Europe every summer.
FWIW: European fishermen often admire our cutters, too.
(*We don’t suppose various social media platforms would let us get away with using the derivative image below in our advertising?)
